safety standards
February 24, 2013
None of Japan’s 16 nuclear power plants has satisfied the government's proposed new safety standards, making them ineligible to be restarted in the near future, according to...
September 27, 2012
The head of Japan’s new nuclear watchdog body has said that it plans to complete an outline of new tougher safety standards for nuclear power plants by the end of March, a...
April 06, 2012
The government on April 6 adopted new provisional safety standards for restarting suspended nuclear reactors that were written in just two days after Prime Minister Yoshihiko...
April 04, 2012
The Japanese government’s push to restart nuclear reactors now depends on the establishment of provisional safety standards, but even that may not be enough to win over local ...
February 02, 2012
An advisory council of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is working on measures to prevent food poisoning caused by raw beef liver, or liver sashimi, which is...
November 07, 2011
Higher fuel-efficiency standards and stiffer safety regulations are forcing Mazda Motor Corp. to end production of a vehicle line it has long been identified with--the...
November 01, 2011
The safety standards concerning radioactive materials in food products will be tightened. Since the devastating accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant broke out in ...
July 12, 2011
Before entering politics, I was involved in oil-related businesses at a trading company. Back then, the energy conditions in Japan were even more liable to be affected by...
June 13, 2011
The government is being pressured to just throw out its safety standards for nuclear power plants and go back to the drawing board, in light of the March 11 Great East Japan...
June 06, 2011
Residents outside the planned evacuation zone near the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant are trying to lead normal lives, but radiation levels exceeding the safety standard...
May 02, 2011
Radioactive materials were detected in breast milk samples provided by mothers living in Fukushima Prefecture and surrounding areas, but the health ministry dismissed the...
April 09, 2011
The government Friday lifted restrictions for shipments of spinach and "kakina," a leafy vegetable, grown in Gunma Prefecture and milk produced in the Aizu region of Fukushima...
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